Chicago Mayor ‘Willing to Consider’ Eviction Freeze as ICE Raids Mount

Chicago tenant advocates are calling on city leaders to issue a moratorium on eviction filings as ICE raids prompt immigrant workers to stay home, putting some households behind on rent.

As Madison Savedra reports for Block Club Chicago, “Tenants say there is precedent for this ask: during the COVID-19 pandemic, former Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Pritzker instituted a city-wide and state-wide eviction moratorium for people affected by the pandemic.”…

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